fuck you fred phelps

Living in Kansas and Missouri we know we’ll get our share of Wizard of Oz jokes and flyover snubs, but we’ve also got to put up with the Westboro Baptist Church and their patriarchal nutcase Fred Phelps. Their crazed anti-homosexuality protests, including picketing funerals of American soldiers, are far too well known. But little reminders, like yesterday’s Westboro Baptist Church Counter-Protest, show that Phelps and his wackaloons haven’t managed to stamp out all the tolerance (and humor) out of us hearty Mid-Westerners. Check out more of the photos here or check out the news coverage of the event after the jump.